During this time the city build a channel, "de schinkel", to create a shipping route to the south of the province and to circumvent the counts toll in Haarlem. Enraged that "his" city would go against his wishes, Albrecht, through his "friendship" with the count, had a dam placed in the channel. Unafraid of his wrath, the city built the "overtoom" (portage) to keep the shipping lanes open.
From 1350 the control of the city, the province and most of the Netherlands fell into the hands of first the Burgundian and later the Habsburg dynasty. They would remain in their hands till the Dutch Revolt at the end of the 16th century. During the 15th century the growth of the city meant a new wave of building projects and an influx of new population. In the year 1421, while the St. Elisabeth Flood devastated the country, the second church of Amsterdam, "de Nieuwe Kerk" (the new church) dedicated to St. Catherine, was finished.
